To celebrate the end of the 2025 season, many of the more than 100 listed manor houses, castles and manor houses between the Baltic Sea and the Lake District invite you to the Schlösserherbst. Exciting castle and park tours, top-class concerts, fascinating exhibitions, romantic readings and numerous culinary events take place in the venerable manor houses. Guesthouses and castle hotels invite you to stay overnight.
For centuries, the manor house in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was the center of the large, agricultural estates that have been the defining element of the landscape around the Baltic Sea since the end of the 18th century. Despite the separation of buildings from the land and the "re-use" of the estate ensembles after 1945, an astonishing number have been preserved to this day. Tourist and cultural use now offers a sustainable future for the old estates.
Thanks to the commitment of mostly private actors, the estates are now versatile places for rural tourism that combine culture, nature and regional enjoyment.Water was a popular protection for castles and castles and surrounded the buildings as moats in historical times. The Baltic Sea coastline, the numerous lakes and river landscapes that surround the manor houses are enriching for popular activities for vacationers.
On October 25, Schlösserherbst 2025 will open with two highlights
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sabine Bock, architectural historian, monument conservator and author, presents her new work. A work in three volumes on the development of the manor house in the Baltic region. There will be an opening event on Saturday, October 25 at 3 pm in the castle of Gut Hohen Luckow.
In addition, Vietgest Castle is hosting the opening concert in the Baroque Hall. From 8pm, YARO“ will perform a chamber music concert by the Young Academy Rostock.
On November 9, the closing event will take visitors into a world of art, poetry and culinary delights. The Gutshaus Woserin will present art, poetry and invite you to an artist's dinner at a long table in the studio with a view of Lake Woserin.
The new Genuss-Festival „4 x Köstlich“ – offers a culinary journey of discovery through the manor houses of the Lake District: Schloss Fleesensee, Gutshaus Ludorf, Kavaliershaus Fincken and Gutshaus Lexow will be serving up their dishes.
Other highlights include guided tours of Broock Castle and Ludwigsburg Castle and Manor in Western Pomerania. Gutshaus Stolpe an der Peene invites you to a literary weekend with Clemens von Ramin, Schloss Schmarsow in the Tollensetal valley to a cooking course and Wasserburg Liepen to the sale of products from the estate manufactory. Culinary events take place at Below Manor, Rattey Castle, Viecheln Manor, Gremmelin Manor and Landsdorf Manor. A tango course and an art workshop take place at the Pohnstorf estate.Further information and suitable arrangements in castles and manor houses can be found here.
